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Military service
Service number:
78004
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
February 21, 1892
Leith, Scotland
Enlistment:
United Kingdom
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Charles Britten Davidson and Margaret Anderson Davidson, of Portobello, Scotland. Previous service with the Royal Scots and Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Walter James Davidson
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WALTER JAMES DAVIDSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Record of Service
From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Bank of Montreal Memorial
From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Biography
From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Photo of Walter James Davidson
From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 721 of 1140. Body not recovered for burial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Walter James Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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